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Moray
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moray
English
<dab!>
Etymology
From en la-med Moravia, la Morauia, from en gd Moireibh, gd Moireabh, gd Moreb, ultimately from en cel-pro *mori sea + cel-pro *trebā settlement, of Pictish origin.
Pronunciation
en /ˈmʌɹi/
en Murray murrey
en ʌɹi 2
Proper noun
en historic county in northern cc/Scotland, absorbed into en Grampian Region in 1975.
A local government district in en Grampian Region from 1975 until Grampian Region's abolition in 1996.
en council area cc/Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996.
en unincorporated community co/Doniphan County s/Kansas c/USA.
Synonyms
en Morayshire county
Derived terms
en Moray Firth
Related terms
en Moravian
en Morayvian
References
David Mills, A Dictionary of British Place-Names, rev. edn (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), p. 333.
Anagrams
en amory Amory Mayor Raymo mayor